My iPod arrived today, three days earlier than expected.
So much work to do, though, in organizing my music, which was split among three computers and my 3.5″ FireWire hard drive. Having 30 GB in a space smaller volume-wise than I used for 128 MB with my Nomad II will take some getting used to.
These days it doesn't take much to get me laughing.
10:40 PM
00:05 ilister> so I guess still nobody wants to provide appropriate hardware
to help test my antenna?
00:07 bradyt> i might want to, but am actually unable
00:11 Rugle> <Rugle's Dad> I cna't understand why people eat rice. It can't
be good for you. We live next to a continuent where everyone
easts rice. They then hop in boats and come to Oz. Many die along
the way.
00:11 @sabi> hahaha.
00:12 @Iain> huh?
00:14 @Iain> so what's wrong with rice?
00:14 Rugle> just random conversation :)
00:18 @Iain> oh
00:19 nandi> oook
00:20 @sabi> Oook!
00:22 Rugle> nonono
00:22 Rugle> you want ook++
00:22 Rugle> ook's -nothing- without objects..
00:23 @sabi> Hehe.
00:23 @sabi> I didn't know there was an OO Ook.
00:24 @sabi> Oh, there isn't. :P
00:24 @Iain> ook!
00:24 ilister> bah, you don't need the syntactic sugar in ook++ just to do OO
00:24 @sabi> rofl.
00:24 * nandi bangs her head on the desk
00:25 nandi> Iain: and you think *i'm* a geek
00:25 ilister> we're all geeks
00:25 ilister> that's why we're here
Finally got my replacement hiptop today (the wheel broke on my first one), complete with a broken speaker. Sending it back now. Time to wait another week for a second replacement.
I've been having RSI-related problems this week, seemingly brought upon by my incorrect technique at Kuk Sool on Saturday. It's curtailed my research work and meant that I couldn't type in my free time. As I type this I can feel the shooting pains in my forearms, which I hadn't experienced in at least two years. My body is certainly not letting me get off easily from half an hour of poor bong-dol-li-ki form.
The Mac is certainly gaining visibility as of late. On the way back to school a few minutes ago I passed a man walking his dog with the same OS X T-shirt I was wearing. We exchanged the obligatory “Nice shirt” comments.
I got on the bus, and the driver immediately commented on seeing two people with the same T-shirt in the space of 30 seconds. More amazingly, the bus driver couldn't stop talking about the music and spoken word recordings he'd bought at the iTunes Music Store in the past week.
As if the sales figures don't say enough, I think it's pretty clear Apple has a hit on its hands.
